Export-focused drugmaker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd(REDY.NS) said it was in talks with a U.S. regulator over allegations it violated packaging rules for some prescription drugs sold there between 2008 and 2012.The allegations by the U.S. government's Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the latest in a series of regulatory troubles facing Indian pharmaceutical firms in their biggest export market, the United States.
NBC News said both Writebol and Brantly received an experimental drug called ZMapp to help them recover from the disease. The news outlet however, stressed that they are not the first people who have recovered from the deadly virus, and the fact that they were given quick, immediate medical attention and are treated in the country's finest infectious disease facilities had been major factors in their recovery.
Although it can be unnerving to do a skit impersonating the president and blow up his eccentricities, there are other countries who do not enjoy this kind of freedom of speech. According to 2011 article by Joshua Keating for Foreign Policy blog, pre-revolutionary Egypt could send someone to jail for insulting Hosni Mubarak. In Zimbabwe, sending photos of the president's mansion via email is considered a criminal offense.
The announcement was made by Attorney General Eric Holder in Washington on Thursday morning, the New York Times reported. Holder said that the Bank of America is expected to pay $9.65 billion as cash penalty and will also provide $7 billion to blighted neighborhoods and homeowners as relief to counter the damage the securities have cost.
